This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Prepare two small, stuffed lettuces, rolled into sausage form and poached; two babamolds of royale with cream. Cut the royale into small dice; trim the lettuce and cut into slices; put this garnish into the soup-tureen and pour thereon one quart of boiling consomme, thickened with two tablespoonfuls of poached tapioca. Add a pinch of chervil pluches.
 
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